Four Questioning Methods



Questioning Techniques

|Type |When to Use |Examples |

|Overhead Questioning |1.To open a discussion |1.“How shall we begin?” |

|You direct your question to the whole |2. To introduce a new phase |2. “What is a conference?” |

|group. After each answer, you repeat the |3. To give everyone a chance to comment |3. “Why else might that be important?” |

|question to get more answers | | |

|Direct Questioning |1.To call on the person for the specific |1.“Al, what are your suggestions?” |

|You address your question to a particular |information he or she has |2.Maxine, how do you feel about this? |

|participant, preceding it with the |2.To involve someone who has not | |

|individual’s name |participated | |

|Relay Questioning |1.To avoid giving your own opinion |1.“How do the rest of you feel about Bill’s|

|You refer a question from one participant |2.To get others involved in the discussion |question?” |

|to another participant or to the whole |3. To call on someone who knows the answer |2.“John, how would you answer Bill’s |

|group. | |question?” |

|Return Questioning |1.To avoid giving your own opinion |1.“Well, Dick-how do you feel?” |

|You bounce a participant’s question back to|2.To encourage the questioner to think |2. “Barbara, what has been your own |

|the participant. |independently |experience?” |

| |3.To bring out the participant’s opinions | |

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